Mariani Sets Franchise Record for Combined Return Yards

MARIANI SETS ANOTHER FRANCHISE RETURN RECORD: On On a 47-yard kickoff return in the first quarter, Marc Mariani broke Derrick Mason’s franchise record, set in 2000, of 1,794 combined punt and kickoff return yards in a single season. It was the second return record Mariani set in as many weeks. At Kansas City on Dec. 26, he broke Bobby Jancik’s 1963 franchise record for most kickoff return yards in a single season. Mariani finished the season ranked eighth in the NFL with a 25.5-yard kickoff return average (60 returns for 1,530 yards), and he ranked fifth in the league with a 12.2-yard punt return average (27 for 329 yards).